# CVE-2026-104852: GraphQL Tools has prototype pollution in well-established utility function \`mergeDeep\`

- Also known as: GHSA-7MX3-VVMW-HJMV
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 12.0.1
- Published: 2026-10-05 · Updated: 2026-10-06

## Affected

- ardatan graphql-tools: fixed in 12.0.1
- @graphql-tools/utils (npm): fixed in 12.0.1

## Description

GraphQL Tools provides utilities for building, stitching, and mocking GraphQL schemas. Prior to 12.0.1, the GraphQL Tools utils package's mergeDeep function follows inherited properties while recursively merging source objects and does not exclude __proto__, constructor, or prototype keys. An unauthenticated GraphQL client can alias fields to those names so responses from two subgraphs collide during ordinary supergraph result merging, causing mergeDeep to traverse Object and Function prototypes and overwrite Function.prototype.call with a subgraph-supplied value. This breaks subsequent requests in the process until restart. This issue is fixed in version 12.0.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ardatan graphql-tools, @graphql-tools/utils, upgrade to a fixed version (12.0.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools/security/advisories/GHSA-7mx3-vvmw-hjmv
- https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools/pull/8423
- https://github.com/graphql-hive/gateway/pull/2600
- https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools/commit/0b9529f1988fd36186a7c106a6efe0356f1b7f2e
- https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools/releases/tag/@graphql-tools/utils@12.0.1

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